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China has created "exclusive economic zones" like Hong Kong and Shenzhen that are more free than the United States. Mainland China may be a shithole, but at lea
by um_ya 9y ago
China has created "exclusive economic zones" like Hong Kong and Shenzhen that are more free than the United States. Mainland China may be a shithole, but at least they have places where capitalism can thrive, better that even the United States.
- robjan 9y agoShenzhen is a Special Economic Zone and Hong Kong is a semi-autonomous Special Administrative Region under "one country, two systems". There may be more economic freedom that the US but still less freedom of speech and press.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoHK had plenty of freedom of speech and press until very recently. With the bookseller abductions, that is obviously over, but it did exist at one point.
- nichtich 9y agoThere's no way Shenzhen is more free than US. I'm not sure you're more misguided towards US or China though.
- zhte415 9y agoHong Kong is not and never has been a Special Economic Zone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_economic_zones_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_economic_zones_of_Chin...
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoHK is a Special Administrative Region (the HK SAR). To be honest, all these acronyms are confusing anyways (an SEZ, a SAR, the TAR)...